Evidence for an ancient impact basin in Daedalia Planum, Mars

R. A. Craddock, R. Greeley, P. R. Christensen

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Abstract

Geologic mapping has provided observations that some features on Mars are morphologically similar to lunar Imbrium Sculpture materials. These grooved features occur in clustered sets of a dozen or more, are spaced 1 to 10 km apart, and are unlike other linear Martian features such as yardangs, faults, ancient valley networks, and mass-wasting features. We propose that they represent impact materials from an ancient basin. The orientations of these features were plotted as lines on a Schmidt net, and the density of the resulting intersections suggests a likely source area at approximately -26.0°, 125.0°, or roughly the center of Daedalia Planum. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)10,729-10,741
JournalJournal of geophysical research
Volume95
Issue numberB7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geophysics
  • Forestry
  • Oceanography
  • Aquatic Science
  • Ecology
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Soil Science
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Palaeontology

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